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Chapter 165 Prince Candidates

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In Jingshe courtyard, Dong Yuan also served Sheng Xiuyi for meals.

Then, asking him if he wanted to sleep for a while, Sheng Xiuyi nodded.

Dong Yuan didn't let the maids enter the inner room, and personally made the bed for Sheng Xiuyi, and then asked him what happened in the palace.

Sheng Xiuyi told the story of Emperor Yuanchang's assassination.

"Didn't he practice martial arts since he was a child?" Dong Yuan was a little surprised, looking back and asked Sheng Xiuyi, "Why is it so easy to make a conspiracy?"

She remembered that her grandmother once told her that Emperor Yuanchang knew martial arts.

Sheng Xiuyi explained: "... Firstly, it is the Royal Forest Garden, which is heavily guarded on weekdays. Three days before the emperor's hunting, the guards carefully inspected it to make sure that there are no loopholes; secondly, he happened to meet a wild boar. Shooting arrows. More than a dozen arrows were fired at once, how could one notice that some arrows were aimed at His Majesty? Moreover, the assassin was among the guards, so he was completely unprepared at that time..."

Dong Yuan paused, and asked, "Are you all right?"

"The arrow was poisonous. Fortunately, he was good at martial arts, so he dodged for a while, but the arrow hit his arm, and he was close to death. The imperial physician in charge likes to raise poisonous snakes, and the poison extracted from snake venom is exactly the same as the poison in His Majesty's. Because the two noble concubines kept blocking him, fearing that the imperial physician in charge would kill His Majesty, they didn't agree to use poison to fight poison until Old Master Xue entered the palace, and they managed to save their lives." Sheng Xiuyi went to bed and lay down, his tone a little tired.

Dong Yuan pressed the corner of the quilt for him.

He fell asleep as soon as he hit the pillow, and didn't wake up until it was time to light the lamp.

Woke up to wash up, went to see Brother Cheng, and then went to Yuanyang Pavilion with Dong Yuan to greet Madam Sheng.

Sheng Changhou also returned to the inner courtyard, and when he saw Sheng Xiuyi and his wife, he snorted coldly.Because Dong Yuan was present, he didn't scold Sheng Xiuyi after all.

Please come back, Dong Yuan asked Sheng Xiuyi on the way: "Why did you make daddy angry?"

Sheng Xiuyi smiled and didn't answer.

At night, because he had slept in the afternoon and couldn't sleep, he talked to Dong Yuan about why Sheng Changhou was angry.

"Because of the establishment of the reserve." Sheng Xiuyi didn't bother to talk about him this time, and told Dong Yuan directly.

Dong Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

Emperor Yuanchang was young, and the princes were young, so the establishment of the crown prince was delayed again and again.Now that Emperor Yuanchang is in danger of a catastrophe, the first thing the ministers do is naturally to propose a reserve.

Establish the crown prince early to consolidate the foundation of the country.

But Sheng Changhou was angry with Sheng Xiuyi because of this incident. Could it be that Sheng Xiuyi didn't like the third prince of Concubine Sheng?

Does he support the second prince of Dong Yuan's cousin Xue Guifei?

"Your Majesty has been in a coma all day, and he just woke up this morning. After waking up, he recruited Old Master Xue, Dad, and two close officials to discuss the matter of setting up the heir and the heir." Sheng Xiuyi's voice was flat and unmoving. , quietly said to Dong Yuan.

Dong Yuan said: "Your Majesty is probably also afraid. If you can't wake up, the successor and the crown prince are still undecided, what kind of turmoil will be in the Forbidden Palace?"

Sheng Xiuyi smiled softly.

He felt that it was very easy to talk to Dong Yuan, without too much explanation.

She seemed to have surpassed Sheng Xiuyi's understanding of women.In Sheng Xiuyi's mind, women are either charming or virtuous and chaste, but they never think that women can be confidantes with men, and can talk and flirt.

He thought that a man's world was strange and complicated to a woman, especially a daughter raised in the inner courtyard of a deep house, and a woman who stayed at home could not understand it at all.

But Dong Yuan can always hit the nail on the head.

"That's right." Sheng Xiuyi said, "The most important thing your majesty now, besides father, is Qin Boping, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Chai Wenhan, a scholar of Guanwen Palace. Qin Shangshu is a disciple of Master Xue, and Master Chai trusts Laohou the most. Lord, both of them have an audience with the Second Prince as Crown Prince. Father refuses to accept and almost quarrels with the three of them before His Majesty's bedside. Old Master Xue said to His Majesty, ask me what I mean..."

Dong Yuan was taken aback.

Immediately, he remembered that in the case of purging Mr. Xiao, the Sheng family appointed a first-rank tutor, Mu Enbo, who had been hereditary for three generations, but the Xue family got nothing.

Could it be that grandfather has already kept this hand?

"Are you also saying that you will make the second prince the crown prince?" Dong Yuan asked Sheng Xiuyi.

He nodded.

Dong Yuan paused for a moment before saying: "Tianhe, do you blame my grandfather in your heart?"

Sheng Xiuyi tightened his arms around her waist, and asked, "Where do these words come from?"

"Because my grandfather plotted against you, the Sheng family, and the third prince, you know it." Dong Yuan said softly, "You came back from the northwest, and His Majesty promised to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, but you refused. Grandfather must be able to see that you are very serious. I am afraid that if the family is too full, it will overflow.

Now Daddy's status is just like that of Grand Tutor Xiao back then, how could His Majesty have no scruples in his heart?For the sake of your father, and also for the sake of the third prince and the imperial concubine, you will naturally not recommend the third prince, but the second prince.Isn't all of this in my grandfather's calculations? "

Sheng Xiuyi held her hand tighter, and wrapped her in his arms, as if she was afraid that she would disappear.

"You're half right!" Sheng Xiuyi laughed, "I chose the second prince instead of the third prince, because I was afraid that your majesty would fear the Sheng family and the third prince. There is also a very important point, I think the second prince is more of a gentleman. He is more suitable for the Ninth Five-Year Plan."

Dong Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked why.

Sheng Xiuyi said: "The Mid-Autumn Festival the year before last, His Majesty rewarded the family with a banquet, personally entertaining the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, accompanied by the two princes. The age difference between the two princes is less than one year, the second prince is seven years old, and the third prince is six and a half years old. They often study and practice martial arts together. , the education is exactly the same. After the banquet, Wenhui Palace set up a stage and invited folk artists to perform.

Then there was a short dwarf who danced with a sword.Those short dwarves were only as tall as the two princes.Because the two princes practiced martial arts since they were young, the third prince told His Majesty that he wanted to compete with the dwarf and short man in sword skills to cheer for the Mid-Autumn Festival.His Majesty praised the third prince for his bravery, so he asked the second prince if he would also go up to the sword competition.The second prince said that he dare not..."

Dong Yuan listened quietly, only slightly surprised when he heard this.

I heard that His Majesty has always liked the third prince more than the second prince, do you think the second prince is too cowardly?
"Why not?" Dong Yuan asked.

Sheng Xiuyi smiled: "Your Majesty also asked the same question. Guess how the Second Prince would answer?"

Dong Yuan thought for a while, then smiled and said: "I can't guess. He won't say that he is not good at swordsmanship, and he is afraid of losing to dwarves and short people?"

"You guessed it right, that's how the Second Prince answered His Majesty!" Sheng Xiuyi laughed, "At that time, Your Majesty's complexion was not very good-looking, and the Third Prince was eager to try.

Because he is the prince, the dwarf short man who competes with him will naturally lose to him. "

Dong Yuan was puzzled.

"The third prince finally competed with the dwarf short man and won applause." Sheng Xiuyi continued, "After the second prince came down, he sat next to Mr. Xue. I was right opposite him. I heard Mr. Xue asked Second prince, why don't you dare to compete with swords? The second prince said, 'If I win against a dwarf and a short man, others will say that I am a hero.'"

Dong Yuan laughed, "Isn't it heroic?"

Sheng Xiuyi said: "So I was also taken aback, so I listened carefully to the following. Old Master Xue was obviously stunned by the second prince's words, and asked him why he didn't want to be considered a hero. The second prince said, 'Master said In the peaceful and prosperous age, the waves curb the flying boat, and the mid-current hits the water. He is a heroic man who can be a soldier; gentle and thick, with tolerance, can be a general.'”

The smile on Dong Yuan's face froze slightly.

She understood what it meant.A general is one who leads the army to fight and is brave in front of the battle; a general is one who strategizes, commands the generals, and becomes the overlord of the world.

The words of the second prince said that if you love to act like a hero, you are just a little brave and a little wise; but knowing the general situation and being careful in your words and deeds is the great wisdom and strategy, and you can be a king!
A child who is only seven years old can have such words and deeds, no wonder Sheng Xiuyi thinks that he is more suitable for the position of prince.

Even Dong Yuan felt surrendered after hearing this.

He has been learning how to be a king.

"The people of the region don't rely on borders, and the country doesn't rely on the danger of mountains and rivers." Sheng Xiuyi sighed, "Nowadays the world is peaceful, the emperor does not need to be brave in front of the battle, but he must understand the general situation, understand the trade-offs, and know how to advance and retreat. Similar in age, The third prince is like an ignorant naughty boy, and the second prince is already learning how to become a king. He is more suitable than the third prince..."

Even more suitable than Emperor Yuanchang, right?
Although Dong Yuan didn't have much contact with Emperor Yuanchang, but when she met him a few times, she felt that Emperor Yuanchang had the character of the third prince, without the bearing of a peerless emperor.

No wonder the eldest aunt said that Emperor Yuanchang liked the third prince more.

He probably thinks that the third prince is more like him, right?
"Eunuch Lou invited me in. Your Majesty was very weak. He asked me which prince was more suitable. I said the second prince. Your Majesty nodded slightly, and he agreed..." Sheng Xiuyi said, "Daddy's face was ashen at the time. He left the palace. When I was there, I explained to him that His Majesty never thought of letting the third prince inherit the throne..."

"how do you know?"

"There is no king who is not afraid of foreign relatives interfering in politics. Your Majesty's promotion of father to be the head of the three princes is equivalent to telling the Sheng family that the third prince cannot be selected as the East | Palace." Sheng Xiuyi said slowly,
"Besides, when I returned to Beijing, my third brother told me that after the death of the empress, there were many speculations about her succession, but His Majesty often went to the palace of Concubine Sheng. If he wanted Concubine Sheng to be in charge of the six palaces, and to be the mother of the world, It should be at the cusp of the storm that the empress should avoid gossip and gossip, and she should seldom step into the empress's palace.

He often went to the empress, nothing more than to divert his attention, divert the trouble to the empress, and protect the real candidate in his heart.

These truths are clear to the authorities.Dad is in the bureau, so he may not be able to see clearly.And Old Master Xue is naturally clear.So Mrs. Xiao was dismissed, the Xue family did not receive any rewards, and Mr. Xue did not say a word.Because he understands His Majesty's intentions...
Your Majesty has already thought about these things, why should I oppose him and make him unhappy? "

(End of this chapter)